Western plateau and high lands

Western plateau and high lands

The Western plateau and highlands is the eastern border of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. It is historically called Vajjabhumi or Bajrabhumi. Bajra means hard. Probably it refers to the hard nature of the red laterite solid found here.


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